In these Regulations any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall have the meaning so assigned and, unless the context otherwise indicates—

"compliance declaration"

means a compliance declaration referred to in regulation 10(1);

"institutional subsidy"

means an institutional or any other capital subsidy or grant under a national housing programme, which is approved, allocated and administered by a provincial government or by a municipality which is accredited by the MEC of the province concerned in terms of section 10(2) of the Housing Act, 1997, to administer a social housing programme, in the manner contemplated in the Housing Act, 1997;

"municipal entity"

means a municipal entity as defined in terms of the Local Government Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000);

"occupancy agreement"

means an agreement between a housing cooperative and a member in terms of the Co-operatives Act, 2005(Act No. 14 of 2005);

"register"

means the register of social housing institutions contemplated in section 11(3)(c) of the Act;

"rules"

means rules prescribed by the Regulatory Authority by notice in the Government Gazette under section 11(4)(a) or (b) of the Act;

"the Act"

means the Social Housing Act, 2008 (Act No. 16 of 2008).